Eric Heflin is a Professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Law and McCombs School of Business where he teaches Technical Dimensions of Cybersecurity. Heflin is an industry professional with a focus on cybersecurity and national-scale health care data information exchange.

As the co-founder, chief technology officer, and chief information security officer of eHealth Exchange, Heflin oversaw the growth and security of the largest health information exchange (HIE) network in the U.S. He was also the IT architect behind HIETexas, the official HIE of the state of Texas, for which he was the CTO and CISO.

He is an active software engineer, architect, entrepreneur, and biomedical device inventor. Heflin is a member of the board of directors of IHE USA, an industry standards development organization, and a former board member of IHE International.

Heflin provides health care data and cybersecurity consulting services (directly or as a subcontractor) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Veterans Health Administration, the Department of Defense, Oracle Cerner, IBM, and others.

Heflin has a B.S. in computer science from Texas A&M University and an M.A. in cybersecurity from Harvard University. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and a Certified Product Manager.